What is the literal meaning of the following quote?
"the land thou knowst not, / place of fear, where thou findest out / that sin-flecked being. seek if thou dare! "

options:
go into new territories and do not fear those around you.
go out and let grendel know that she will die tonight.
go into those unknown lands and find grendel's mother, if you are brave enough. go find that green-eyed monster and show him we are not afraid.

The answer is C

Explanation:

The literal meaning of the following quote "The land thou knowst not, / place of fear, where thou findest out / that sin-flecked being. Seek if thou dare!" is (c) which says go into those unknown lands and find Grendel's mother, if you are brave enough. "The land thou knowst not, / place of fear, this means land that nobody has ever been to. Where thou findest out / that sin-flecked being refers to Grendel's mother and Seek if thou dare refers to if you are brave enough to face the danger of going into the land.

i would say c, admiration because the narrator related to the main character and she, too, once felt ashamed about her culture and wished to be an american girl to impress a boy. she felt admiration because her mom prepared her favorite foods when her and robert's (the guy she liked) family all came together and had a family reunion.

the correct answer is d. in john paston's letter written friday, 14, 1476, he expresses his fear that he may have to go to war.

indeed, although the black death was ravaging europe, the pastons were relatively safe from it due to their social status as they were part of the landed gentry. it is clear that the vast majority of the victims of the pandemic were the poor. the reason why he is weary of having to go to war is because at the particular time england was also devastated by the war of the roses and paston, being a courtesan was inevitably involved.